I am so glad I took Willow (7). We drove from Dunedin and thoroughly enjoyed our time there. So much to see and so many animals to interact with. Very friendly staff and a great wee place. Will be back again

Awesome experience exploring the wildlife! Enjoyed feeding the birds and farm animals!

Had a ball, great experience, nice setup, took 2 hours without hurrying too much, saw all 4 kiwi’s roaming in the dark area. Went at 2pm so missed all the feeding, but feeding the animals ourselves was great fun anyway. Highly recommended.

I had less than 24 hours in Christchurch and Willowbank was my first stop. I was not disappointed. Like many others, I'm sure, my priority was to see a kiwi. Which I did! But there's so much more there and I encourage visitors to take the time to explore. I was particularly mesmerized by the waterfowl, and probably spent a bit too much time hanging out with the wallabies (only because it was getting to be closing time. I could spend forever with wallabies). I was by myself, but it looked to me like the kids who were there were having a great time, too.

A great place to visit and feed the animals and see kiwi, fun with the kea's too. I like how it's a boardwalk around do you don't miss anything out.

Took 4 adults and 2 pre schoolers and we all had a great afternoon. Highlight was turning round to see the 3 year old sharing her drink bottle with the pig!!

Absolutely loved it, hands on and amazing, you need to dedicate more Atleast 3 hours to really take it all in A++++

We spent a very pleasant couple of hours going round Willowbank, my grandson of three was able to interact with the animals and really enjoyed it

Willowbank wildlife reserve is a great place to take the family! It's not often you can be so interactive and feed the animals. Managed to spot 3 of the 4 kiwi. Very exciting!

I thoroughly recommend visiting the Ko Tane experience, with Kiwi tour and Hangi. It was our last big experience before my parents head home to the UK and we finished on a high! The explanation of everything was great and the food was as fantastic! It was a lovely touch that my dad was selected as visiting Chief. I can’t recommend this enough!

Couldn’t be any better, Willow bank is my favourite place

Got to see some very special birds while visiting my young sons. Staff are very approachable and knowledgeable. Enough opportunities for photos.. Apart from the kiwis which I was so happy to have seen! Definitely worth a return trip next time I'm visiting NZ.

Willowbank is the best activity to do in Christchurch. Interacting with the animals is awesome, and the whole park is so well maintained. Perfect place to take the kids!

You can spend half a day inside. Many adorable animals to feed. Kids will totally love it.

Willowbank is a great place for all age groups of animal lovers, especially this time of year with so many ducklings, chickens, bambis, kids around, and feeding the huge eels is always fascinating. There's a good spot to picnic in the 'farmyard' or a cafe for lunch. Allow 2 hours minimum to visit.

Willowbank was such a wonderful experience for my granddaughter she had so many incredible new experiences with all the wandering birds, the path to follow and see so many gentle animals within touching distance. I haven't been for 20yrs but we had such a great time from lunch in outside with the deer to taking stunning photos of all our memories. We saw a kiwi which was magical. We will be returning many many times over the next few years. Thank you to all the lovely staff also.

At Willowbank Reserve, you can see the kiwis. Feeding the animals is also very fun especially the Tame Eels!

It was better than we had imagined, one of the better sanctuaries we have visited in New Zealand. Loved the way it is laid out and gives you an idea how things have changed. Plus the kea and kiwi were highlights

I booked the 930am slot which gives me lots of time to slowly tour the place. There are many animals, most of which the ducks, chickens are free roaming around and so is the peacocks. You can easily spend half a day there and have lunch there as well. I glad I have finally seen a real life kiwi in the dark at the sanctuary too!! Highly recommend! :)

Loved the variety of animals and birds, they were adorable. Managed to spot the 5 kiwis. :)

wonderful family fun place...educational for kids.

We had a fantastic day out at Willowbank! Lots of pleasant changes since we last visited some time ago. We especially loved all the turtles ? and the rabbits! I would definitely recommend this as a fun day out for families?

So bookme specifies that we can come half an hour or less before (or after) the time stipulated on the booking for this business. The girl was FAR FROM PLEASED that we had exercised this rule. She was quite frankly, a word that rhymes with witch and I quite unimpressed with her professionalism, nevermind we had flown to CHCH and had been spending quite a bit of money in her region that we needed to save a bit here. We also weren't offered a map, there was no formalities whatsoever. With that aside, my 7yo loved the place, I think this age group would thoroughly enjoy this place, possibly 7-10... the toddlers were exhausted a quarter of the way round (just from observations). We really enjoyed all the animals and obviously all the little baby chicks who were all very cute and the teenager ducks being scolded by their mothers frequently. The Kea's were awesome, I'm pretty sure they're slowly plotting their escape. Was sad to see some very distressed quail's stuck inside, with their friends taunting them inside. I would recommend, even if we had a terrible entrance. Luckily we did come early because it took us 2.5 hours to walk around and the place closes at 5pm. We finished at 4:30pm.

We are so glad we booked to see this. We all had the best time. My husband was chief for the day. All the exotic animals were great to see. The food was amazing and all the hosts Latoyia and crew were awesome.all so welcoming. Highly recommend this experience

Kids enjoyed feeding the animals. Amazed by the size of the rabbit and the different species of colourful ducks.

Loving all the new renovations they doing. Generally go annually near spring so we can see all the new babies, and it didn't disappoint. Animals always look well cared for, good value for money and so interactive.

Always love going to Willowbank I think I may just buy a concession, every time you go back it’s still just as amazing as the first time - great for kids, great for first dates 😘, great for taking some time in nature to yourself. Worth the price, it takes me a good few hours to wander through and have a coffee etc! Feeding the eels is definitely my favourite part

Cool place for kids to visit and explore.. loved the eels and the farmyard

Staff were friendly and welcoming, great value for money. ALTHOUGH was a shame the pony rides werent operating. Will definatly use bookme again for this

Every visitor to NZ should try to see a kiwi, this is the perfect way to do so. But that is just the climax of this great experience. You get to see all of the rest of the fauna of NZ as well. All in perfect context and up close. Presentation is so relaxed and it surrounds you. Our only regret was that our family, especially our grandchildren were not there to share it. It is a perfect family day out.

We had such an amazing time at Willowbank! What a wonderful chance to observe some unique and beautiful animals, including those native to our very own New Zealand.

The wildlife park is so beautiful. Animals are so cute. I enjoyed my time there even with light rain. It is easily accessible by bus. Hope to see you again!

It was my friend’s first time at Willowbank and I think it’s safe to say that she had a great time! Her favourite part was seeing the otters although they stayed in their box the entire time. 😅 My favourite part was seeing 3/4 of the kiwis! 😁

Awesome place to go, and not just for the kids! So many different animals to see and interact with! Kiwi enclosure is absolutely amazing!!